20 days to arrive in Sydney! Not too bad to be honest! I was so happy to check the tracking number and see that it arrived in Australia! I know I’m going to have such a funky afternoon the day they arrive on my doorstep!
It’s a brilliant debut album! And I’m so happy it’s a record that means a lot to @Skalap
Great pickups. I also recommend the John Lewis and Sasha Distel album at some point. I know I’m a broken record at this point (pun intended) but they are my favorite small jazz reissue label. That Monk album is awesome.Made this order last week from Sam Records!
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Also left a note for Fred, saying he can ship all the second records together, when all the remaining records I ordered come back in stock on the 30th of July! I also checked out and chose my shipment to receive a tracking number and get insured!
Fantastic set there buddy! Sam's has become one of my favourite reissue labels of late. I have been spinning them constantly and they all sound fantastic. The level of quality overall is amazing.Made this order last week from Sam Records!
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Also left a note for Fred, saying he can ship all the second records together, when all the remaining records I ordered come back in stock on the 30th of July! I also checked out and chose my shipment to receive a tracking number and get insured!
Baby Monster loves a good pun Mike!
I can’t wait until I get the box with all those records inside! I’m going to be enjoying those pressings so much!
and I am so happy and proud about it! 
Hahaha that was Jeremy Corren on piano. I really really wish there was a decent pressing of it. I actually recorded the audio of the gig (on my phone, so nothing fancy and not the best audio) but I end up listening to that more than the record itself. I just find the random glitchy noises on the vinyl to be too offputting.@Selaws - This is so random, but remember the guy on the piano at Joel Ross concert! He was the hottest guy ever! My table was right at the front opposite his piano and I was like “holy shit that guy is cute as”
PS - I need to be play Joel Ross’ KingMaker on the turntable soon! VMP pressing isn’t that great but my copy still plays well throughout fortunately! ☺
I can’t wait until I get the box with all those records inside! I’m going to be enjoying those pressings so much!
I’ve already got a Kallax cube dedicated for AP pressings, one for BlueNote80, one for Tone Poet Blue Note, one for VMP Classics, and one for MoFi One-Step (Miles Davis MoFi just goes in a Kallax with other MoFi’s and other records). I’m going to maybe share the Sam Records pressings in the same cube as my Wax Records Club ROTM pressings!
My jazz collection is actually
Jeremy Corren is such a good piano player! The girl on the bass violin was absolutely incredible too! I loved watching her play, she was so connected to it, it was like the violin bass was plugged into her! It was such a great concert, I'm glad you recorded it!
Ah glad to hear Sun Ra sounds good, is it the VMP pressing? My copy arrived the other day, yet to listen to it thoughJeremy Corren is such a good piano player! The girl on the bass violin was absolutely incredible too! I loved watching her play, she was so connected to it, it was like the violin bass was plugged into her! It was such a great concert, I'm glad you recorded it!
Yeah, my jazz collection is really nice! I'm spinning Sun-Ra's Celestrial Love right now and I'm enjoying it so much! I absolutely love jazz, it makes me happy and really appreciate music! ♥
Yeah, it’s the VMP pressing! It sounds really, really good! And the orange is really nice too!
Update:
paloaltoonline.com
Damn, looks like it might be a while then going off his end comment. I emailed VMP the other day to ask if they have heard anything.....they are yet to respond.Update:
When jazz royalty came to Paly: Monk's long-lost record (nearly) goes public
Jazz fans looking forward to this week's release of "Palo Alto," a new album by Thelonious Monk, are in for some bad news.
I'm a very strong supporter of the AP pressings. Many are amongst my best (top tier) sounding records...and I've A/B run the Norah Jones and the 192 stream off Qobuz and well, the Qobuz is pretty good. It's one of the strongest digital versions I've heard. Note, my digital mght be better than my turntable right now (Mytek vs. Debut/Grado3/Nova iii) but it's also the only stream that jumps out at me that way and enough so that I'd advocate for possibly picking up a different title if digital is a strong option.
londonjazznews.com
If any of you guys in the UK are looking to buy this, can I recommend you buy from Gearbox direct? As well as being a fantastic label that treats their roster really well, they are donating 20% from each sale of the album to a UK Indie Store to help them through the pandemic, and you can even choose which one you would like the money to go to if you have a preference.This seems to have gone under the radar, don't recall anything about this being posted here, new Charles Tolliver album through Gearbox !!
Charles Tolliver – “Connect”
Charles Tolliver – Connect (Gearbox Records GB1561. Review by Adam Sieff) Now 78 years old, trumpeter and composer Charles Tolliver truly deserves full-on legendary jazz hero status. Dizzy Gi…
And for cheap, $25, on Elusive Disc for those in the States. Charles Tolliver Connect LPNot to take away from @Selaw’s rec for Gearbox but it’s also available on Charles Tolliver’s Bandcamp.
